#489: K-A0S Sounds Like a Final Fantasy Villian

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Super Nintendo World Direct News ● Nintendo announced Black Friday 2024 deals ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● One of the biggest stories out of the Mario and Luigi: Brothership launch was IGN's 5/10 score for the game. Do reviews influence your hype/enjoyment of a game? Games we've been playing ● Mario & Luigi: Brothership ● Atari 50: The First Console War DLC ● Harry Potter Quidditch Champions ● Tetris Forever Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete announced ● Nintendo Music released for mobile ● Premium Edition Games Announcements ● Nintendo’s Latest Numbers ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Do you pay attention to Nintendo Numbers? Why or Why not? And if you do or you get that information from us, what do you get out of that information? Time Out ● Tim - A Challenge and Oreos Games we've been playing ● Mario & Luigi: Brothership ● Pokémon TCG Pocket ● Super Mario Party Jamboree ● The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom ● Metal Slug Tactics ● Vampire Survivor ● Slay the Princess - The Pristine Cut ● Zelda II Remake ● Picross -LogiartGrimoire- ● Barbie Project Friendship ● Atari 50: The Wider World of Atari DLC ● Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp ● Yakuza Kiwami ● EcoGnomix Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Masahiro Sakurai ends his YouTube channel with a final video ● Yooka-Replaylee announced as coming to a "Nintendo system" ● A Little to the Left, Cursed to Golf & Vampire Survivors next NSO Game Trials ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Nintendo turns to you to name its next console. Which name do you pick? Rumors ● Nintendo is courting third-party developers for remasters while they are busy with Switch 2 Games we've been playing ● PICROSS Records of The Shield Hero ● CRUMB Circuit Simulator ● The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom ● Hatch Tales: A Heroic Hookshot Adventure ● Super Mario Party Jamboree Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Massive leak at Game Freak ● "Stay Tuned for 2025" says Nintendo to NSO+Expansion Pack members ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● 500 Episodes! We've been doing this for 10 years; should we change anything? Time Out ● Marty - Napoleon Dynamite Live! ● Tim - D&D Games we've been playing ● The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom ● TRANSFORMERS: Galactic Trials ● Hatch Tales: A Heroic Hookshot Adventure ● Ultimate Chicken Horse ● PICROSS Records of The Shield Hero ● Metaphor: ReFantazio Demo ● Final Fantasy IV ● Super Mario Party Jamboree ● Crow Country ● Neva Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program ● Super Mario Party Jamboree demo is available at select retailers ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Nintendo unveiled their "quality of life" device, Sound Clock Alarmo, this week. What are your thoughts? Will you be getting one? Why or why not? What themes do you hope to come to Alarmo? Games we've been playing ● Turbo Boost Racing ● Zombie Derby: Pixel Survival ● Road Defense: Outsiders ● PICROSS Records of The Shield Hero ● The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● The CEO of an accessory company spills supposed Switch 2 details ● Virtual Boy is being emulated on the Switch at the Nintendo Museum ● LEGO begins retiring certain Nintendo building sets ● Nintendo partners with the San Diego Zoo to bring Pikmin to life ● Nintendo shuts down Switch emulator Ryujinx after Echoes of Wisdom leaks 2 weeks before release ● Super Mario Bros. Movie 2 will be "Chock Full of Easter Eggs" with deep-cut characters ● Rolling Stone ranks the Zelda series ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Spoopy Month is here! What's your favorite spooky setting from a Nintendo game? Games we've been playing ● Dice Assassins ● Turbo Boost Racing ● The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Platinum Games purchases Wonderful 101 trademark from Nintendo ● Nintendo submits a new wireless device to the FCC that is not the Switch or upcoming Switch ● Super Mario Party Jamboree gets an extensive trailer highlighting features ● Nintendo Museum merch appears ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● How do you Zelda? Do you prefer the series in its 2D roots or prefer 3D adventuring better? Time Out ● A community member's experience with GameStop ● Transformers x Monster Hunter Games we've been playing ● The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom ● Yars Rising ● Balatro ● Atari 50th: Wider World of Atari DLC ● The Plucky Squire ● BZZZT ● Caravan SandWitch ● Astro Bot ● Star Wars Outlaws Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Nintendo Switch Holiday Bundles Announced ● Nintendo and The Pokémon Company file a patent infringement lawsuit in Tokyo District Court against Pocketpair, Inc. ● Splatoon 3 is done ● Lots of developers got invited to Nintendo this week ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Do YOU believe the supposed leaks of the Switch 2 are real? Why or why not? ● Special Guests Patreon Producer Jacqueline Amira and Rick Stafford Games we've been playing ● Marvel's Spider-Man 2 ● Fallout 76 ● Balatro ● Peglin ● Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door ● The Plucky Squire ● Persona 3 Reload: Episode Aigis -The Answer- DLC ● The Elder Scrolls: Castles ● SteamWorld Heist II ● Selfloss ● Wild Bastards Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Sony recently unveiled the PS5 Pro which will be released this November at a base price of $700 ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● Knowing that Nintendo has the Switch's successor coming soon, how much are you willing to pay for what's next? Games we've been playing ● The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening ● Balatro ● Helldivers 2 ● Eldin Ring ● ASTRO BOT ● Yars Rising ● Persona 3 Reload: Episode Aigis -The Answer- DLC ● SteamWorld Heist II Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com** On this week’s episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast: News ● Pauline gets added to Super Mario Party Jamboree ● Nintendo shows off Echoes of Wisdom's Still World and Zelda's Swordfighter form ● Nintendo's new Zelda timeline ● Nintendo ALSO ● The Grand Festival Splatfest is coming ● A Minecraft Movie teaser trailer has dropped ● Game Releases/Updates Let's Discuss ● The Nintendo Ninja Fairy wakes you up one night with a sprinkle of magic dust and grants you the ability to make sure ONE (and only one) thing is included in the Switch 2 Rumors ● Switch 2 will be previewed soon according to Chris Dring Time Out ● Tim - Linkin Park Games we've been playing ● SteamWorld Heist II Community Spotlight Check out our website at http://nintendodads.org for our latest videos, episodes, tweets, and social media links. Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendo-dads-podcast/id950582320?mt=2 YouTube Music feed: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyID_QWdPfjM17EE3cg8Pin30jHkLqWKr Become a patron and help us improve the show! https://www.patreon.com/NintendoDads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices